It's the second week of conferences, Halloween is on Thursday, and November begins this week! Oh my! Check out what's going on in Ms. Kennell's classes and some 6th grade updates!
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. We are still having a number of chromebooks dying during class, so please make it a priority to talk with your student about this. This week in math, we are continuing Chapter 2! We are extending our knowledge of generic rectangles (area model) and looking at how it can help us with the distributive property and greatest common factor. This will be our final week learning new material for Chapter 2. Students will have homework on Monday (2.3.2 Review Preview - from the lesson on Friday), and Tuesday (2.3.3 Review Preview). We will save the 2.3.4 Review Preview assignment for homework on Monday. Students should also be working on any late work from last week! Since we are finishing Chapter 2 this week, we will be reviewing the chapter the beginning of next week, then ending the week with our team and individual assessments. Our assessments may take into the following week to complete. Students will also be getting new math teams when we start Chapter 3. Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. There are also resources available for parents under the CPM (Math) Parent Resources page. This week in social studies we are working on Lesson 5. Students are exploring why historians classify ancient Sumer as a civilization, looking at what characteristics all civilizations have and how those connect to ancient Sumer. After Lesson 5, there is only one more lesson before we will begin reviewing for our first social studies test. As a reminder, our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
Have a fabulous week! Ms. Kennell
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It's the first week of conferences, and the final full week of October! Check out what's going on in Ms. Kennell's classes!
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. We are still having a number of chromebooks dying during class, so please make it a priority to talk with your student about this. This week in math, we are continuing Chapter 2! We are continuing to look at area, how to determine area using our Base Ten Blocks, and connecting our area to the use of a generic rectangle for multiplying multi-digit numbers (area model). Students had homework on Monday (2.2.3 Review Preview) and Wednesday (2.3.1 Review Preview). Students should also be working on any late work from last week! We are getting towards the end of our chapter, with a Chapter 2 individual and team assessments coming in approximately 2.5-3 weeks. Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies we are finishing Lesson 4. Students are exploring how geographic challenges led to the rise of Sumerian city-states. Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
Have a wonderful week! Ms. Kennell It's another short week this week! Make sure you are checking out the upcoming dates and reading through what's going on in 6th grade! Thanks!
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. We are still having a number of chromebooks dying during class, so please make it a priority to talk with your student about this. This week in math, we are continuing Chapter 2! On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, we will be working on 2.2.2, continuing this idea of area and how to measure area, including correct units. On Thursday and Friday, we will continue that focus to determine what kind of relationship there is between area and perimeter. Students will only have one homework assignment this week - 2.2.2 Review Preview worksheet due Thursday. Students should also be working on any late work and corrections that they still need to do! All late work and corrections for Quarter 1 are due by this Friday! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies we are starting a new lesson! Students will explore how geographic challenges led to the rise of Sumerian city-states (TCI Lesson 4). Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
Have a wonderful week! Ms. Kennell Happy Monday! This school week is only four days long, but they are a busy four days! On Thursday this week, we will be participating in a district evacuation drill. If you have not signed and returned a form for this yet, please talk with your student and do so. If you have and are participating, thank you! We are also trying to finish our signups for parent teacher conferences. If you have not signed up yet, please do so as soon as possible, as times are filling up!
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. We are still having a number of chromebooks dying during class, so please make it a priority to talk with your student about this. This week in math, we are continuing Chapter 2! As a continuation of last week, we reviewed the five types of graphs we had been learning about and spent Monday working on a histogram activity on Desmos. This link is on Google Classroom, so students can continue this work at home for extra practice! On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, we will begin 2.2.1, which is the first lesson about area, specifically focusing on how we measure and record it. Students will only have one homework assignment this week - 2.2.1 Review Preview worksheet due Thursday. Students should also be working on any late work and corrections that they still need to do! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies is being spent continuing last week's work (From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers). Students will work on the notes to learn how the change to farming influenced the people and their lifestyles! Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! We will also be completing some review of this lesson by discussing and answering some additional questions, as well as playing the review game for this lesson. If time allows, we will begin our fourth lesson this week. General Updates:
Have a fabulous week! Ms. Kennell Happy crazy homecoming week! There have been many updates this week about homecoming dress up days, the pep rally/dismissal on Friday, and the district evacuation drill next week. Please make sure you are receiving district communication and have filled out the forms to send back with your student! As a reminder, please sign up for parent teacher conferences and contact your student's homeroom teacher if you are unable to do so.
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. This week in math, we have started Chapter 2! Students have new table groups, new roles in their group, and we are off to a great start! This chapter is about Arithmetic Strategies and Area, with the first couple of lessons evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of various graphical representations of data. Students will have a 2.1.1 Review Preview worksheet due Wednesday and 2.1.2 Review Preview worksheet due Friday. Students should also be working on any late work and corrections that they still need to do! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies is being spent reviewing last week's work (early hominins) and starting our next lesson, From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers. Students will work on the notes for our new lesson this week to learn how the change to farming influenced the people and their lifestyles! Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
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